Set to ground share with Bootle FC for 2016/17, the club is confident it will have a home in the city ready for the following year, with discussions in advanced stages over a permanent ground.

Before then the club - which has seen 500 permanent members pay to join since Christmas - is looking for success on the pitch, with finding a manager the next crucial stage.

Among those to have applied so far have been a number of managers and coaches, including some from the leagues above where the team will start.

Peter Furmedge and Paul Manning, two of the key figures behind plans for the City of Liverpool FC

Co-founder Paul Manning said: “We have made the manager’s job available and we have had several applications in. We have been amazed and there’s still two weeks to go before the deadline is up. The standard is amazing - no-one has been saying they won the league on Football Manager!”

This week the club had its application to join the football pyramid backed by the local FA and North West Counties League - meaning approval from the national FA is the final hurdle between the club and its first season.

Delighted with the progress being made, Paul said: “There’s still a few final hurdles to go through but we are very pleased. We are over the moon but we have just got to keep the pressure up over the next two or three months - that’s vital.”